Natisha Lance

1 week ago | wbtv.com | Natisha Lance

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - An AFib medical device tested by Novant Health is now helping patients with the disease get off medication. Eva Ingram Robinson says her whole life changed once coming off a blood thinner for her atrial fibrillation or AFib. “It normally would wake me up like in the morning with profound sweat and heart pounding,” said Robinson of the condition. The American Heart Association describes AFib as an irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart failure.

1 week ago | wbtv.com | Natisha Lance

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - There’s an unspoken expectation for safety inside the walls of a church, where love and peace flow in abundance. It’s also where we can learn to be the best version of ourselves; kind, accepting and forgiving, even under the worst circumstances. Bishop Dewayne Anthony Walker of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church said the pain of the 2015 mass shooting at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston still feels fresh. “I was horrified.

1 month ago | wbtv.com | Natisha Lance

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Joedie Hall-Holit’s was forever changed after giving birth to her son, Patrick, 25 years ago. After what she calls a normal pregnancy, things took a drastic turn months after delivery. “I started getting sick, short of breath, said Hall-Holit. ”My breathing was very difficult." It became so difficult that she went to hospital where doctors diagnosed her with peripartum cardiomyopathy. “It was heart failure due to postpartum,” Hall-Holit said.

1 month ago | wbtv.com | Spencer Chrisman |Natisha Lance

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Members of the Catholic church around Charlotte Metro on Thursday afternoon joined in on the celebration of the new pope. Robert Prevost made history as he became the first pope from America. Prevost is a Chicago native, but is also a Peruvian citizen and lived in Peru for years. The general reaction around Charlotte Metro is excitement and a pledge to follow the Catholic Church’s new Shepard.

1 month ago | wbtv.com | Natisha Lance

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Cuts to federal funding continue to have impacts around our community. The US Department of Agriculture(USDA) cut grant funding to two programs worth more than one billion dollars. It ended food programs for schools and food banks, fresh food sourced from local farmers. Those farmers are now trying to come up with new ways to recoup that loss of income.